Category Severe Flood Alert

Cars submerged under water as high spring tides bring flooding to South-West London, UK

Submerged cars: Flooding at Richmond on Friday (Picture: Robert Jackson) High tides on the River Thames left cars submerged under several feet of water in west London today.   Flood alerts have been issued by the Environment Agency for riverside…

Major Snow Storm ‘Yohan’ Batters Lebanon

Tuesday night into Wednesday, with rain, snow and gale-force winds causing massive disruption to the country’s roads and services.   The Meteorological Department at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport said that the temperature would continue to drop Wednesday, with wind…

Mega Snow Storm Strikes Athens, Istanbul, Turkey

An unusually cold storm will continue to impact the nations surrounding the eastern Mediterranean Sea, unloading rain, snow and strong winds.   The storm is responsible for unusual snowflakes in Athens, Greece, and causing snow to whiten Istanbul, Turkey.  …

State Of Emergency After Historic Extreme Flooding Strikes Albania

At least four rivers have overflowed and the largest bridge in the Balkans has been destroyed due to extreme flooding in southern Albania and Greece, flooding that the Albanian prime minister has called some of the worst the country has…

Winter storm causing havoc in Southern Europe

A winter storm centred over Mallorca has brought snow, wind and rain, causing widespread disruption across southern Europe.   Thirty three of Spain’s 50 provinces were hit by the fresh wave of bitterly cold weather on Thursday.   Police and…

At least Six dead as cyclone lashes Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone Bansi off Madagascar, described as an extremely intense class two cyclone, January 18, 2015. — AFP pic At least six people perished in a tropical storm that battered Madagascar over the past two days, affecting almost 80,000 residents,…

Apocalyptic floods kill scores of people and displaces 1000’s in Mozambique and Malawi, Africa

A major highway in Mozambique has split after two bridges collapsed as a result of heavy flooding that has killed 25 people and displaces tens of thousands in the country, officials say.   Parts of the country are also without…

**RED ALERT**Met Éireann have issued a STATUS RED ALERT

Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick   Mean speeds in excess of 80 km/h with gusts of 130 to 150km/h possible.    The strongest winds will be along exposed coasts and mountainous areas.…